by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Texas State Technical College was awarded 412 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mechanic & repair technologies.
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TSTC is ranked #148 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when TSTC held the #335 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, TSTC is ranked at #8.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Texas State Technical College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Texas State Technical College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Texas State Technical College is 91%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Texas State Technical College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,654 undergraduates at TSTC with 6,282 being full-time and 4,372 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,668 | $9,560 | $12,855 | $14,995 | $15,800 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of TSTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At TSTC, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $4,657 a year. That adds up to $18,628 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at TSTC is 6.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for TSTC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3801 Campus Drive, Waco, TX 76705 |
| Phone: | 800-792-8784 |
| Website: | www.tstc.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 9,475 students took at least one online class at Texas State Technical College. This is a decrease from the 10,282 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 9,475 | 4,175 |
| 2019-2020 | 10,282 | 8,531 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,853 | 434 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,388 | 605 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,519 | 584 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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